Nah, Time Burton. It's something to do with the last pint of beer before (possibly after!) you get thrown out of the pub.
Partly, it was so very episodic, and felt more like 4 short films (intro & Olaf; Uncle Monty; Lachrymose Lake; and the marriage)strung together, with rather visible seams. Of course, that's because that was the underlying structure. Maybe it will work better on DVD, where you can watch it in episodes, and stop every 25 minutes to let is soak in :)
Maybe it will work better on DVD, where you can watch it in episodes, and stop every 25 minutes to let it soak in
Uh-huh, which of course then prompts the thought that perhaps a lavishly-done TV series of all the books would actually have worked better. I even believe that 13 books are eventually planned, which is precisely the number of episodes in most US TV series.
Maybe, though, a TV series of the kind necessary to really pull this off just wouldn't be possible in the US, and an institution like the BBC is required to take on the task: I'm thinking of e.g. their adaptations of some of the Narnia Chronicles, or The Box of Delights.
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Partly, it was so very episodic, and felt more like 4 short films (intro & Olaf; Uncle Monty; Lachrymose Lake; and the marriage)strung together, with rather visible seams. Of course, that's because that was the underlying structure. Maybe it will work better on DVD, where you can watch it in episodes, and stop every 25 minutes to let is soak in :)
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Uh-huh, which of course then prompts the thought that perhaps a lavishly-done TV series of all the books would actually have worked better. I even believe that 13 books are eventually planned, which is precisely the number of episodes in most US TV series.
Maybe, though, a TV series of the kind necessary to really pull this off just wouldn't be possible in the US, and an institution like the BBC is required to take on the task: I'm thinking of e.g. their adaptations of some of the Narnia Chronicles, or The Box of Delights.